Help! I'm fat because of Bipolar!

I was put on Zyprexa, an anti-psychotic, after I had a severe manic episode and it made me gain about 50 lbs in 6 months!I just went off it, and now the weight is coming off. However, I'm never hungry anymore and I have intense nausea. My doctors don't know what's goin on, but I think its from going off the med. Has anyone else experienced this? And do you have any advice for stretch marks? Thanks.

I was put on Zyprexa, an anti-psychotic, after I had a severe manic episode and it made me gain about 50 lbs in 6 months!I just went off it, and now the weight is coming off. However, I'm never hungry anymore and I have intense nausea. My doctors don't know what's goin on, but I think its from going off the med. Has anyone else experienced this? And do you have any advice for stretch marks? Thanks.

Hi there. I was put on serequel for anxiety and gained about 40 pounds. Then I had it switched to risperidone, and I gained weight on that also. Now I am taking methoprazine and I have not gained anymore weight on this med but I can't seem to lose any. I wish so much that I could not take anything, but I can't go more than two days and I start having severe anxiety attacks.

Hi there. I was put on serequel for anxiety and gained about 40 pounds. Then I had it switched to risperidone, and I gained weight on that also. Now I am taking methoprazine and I have not gained anymore weight on this med but I can't seem to lose any. I wish so much that I could not take anything, but I can't go more than two days and I start having severe anxiety attacks.

Why do you think you gained the weight? I am on Paxil and have gained a lot also? Did you eat more than usual? Or do you think it was something else? If so, what is it? My doctor said it is by eating too much. Calories in and calories out? What do you think? How could I have eaten that much?

Why do you think you gained the weight? I am on Paxil and have gained a lot also? Did you eat more than usual? Or do you think it was something else? If so, what is it? My doctor said it is by eating too much. Calories in and calories out? What do you think? How could I have eaten that much?

HI,I KNOW IT IS LATE IN THE SUMMER,BUT I'M BIPOLAR AND WHAT WORKED FOR ME IS LAMATICAL..LITHIUM PUT 30 POUNDS ON ME...I HAD TOLD MY DOCTOR FIND SOMETHING ELSE FOR ME OR I JUST WILL QUIT TAKING MY MEDS..YES.HE CHANGED TO LAMATICAL AND EFFEXOR..I FEEL GREAT..SOMETIMES THRU -OUT THE SUMMER I WILL CRY FOR NO APPARENT REASON..I HOPE THIS WORKS FOR STRETCH MARKS.COCO BUTTER..HAVE A GREAT DAY...

HI,I KNOW IT IS LATE IN THE SUMMER,BUT I'M BIPOLAR AND WHAT WORKED FOR ME IS LAMATICAL..LITHIUM PUT 30 POUNDS ON ME...I HAD TOLD MY DOCTOR FIND SOMETHING ELSE FOR ME OR I JUST WILL QUIT TAKING MY MEDS..YES.HE CHANGED TO LAMATICAL AND EFFEXOR..I FEEL GREAT..SOMETIMES THRU -OUT THE SUMMER I WILL CRY FOR NO APPARENT REASON..I HOPE THIS WORKS FOR STRETCH MARKS.COCO BUTTER..HAVE A GREAT DAY...

HI, I am ashley. I am 21 years old with two young children in the house. My doctor put me on an anti-depressent hoping that all i had was post partum depression and it made me gain about 30 pounds. Now they want me to take more meds cause i have been getting worse and worse but im afraid ill keep gaining weight. i don't ever really get hungry but my doc has told me that the meds will put weight on me and i can't really do anything about it. i've tried not eating... ive tried eating a little and exercising a lot and nothing is helping me... plz somebody help... p.s.... ive tried to use cocoa butter for my stretch marks from having two kids but nothing seems to help best of luck

Ashley

HI, I am ashley. I am 21 years old with two young children in the house. My doctor put me on an anti-depressent hoping that all i had was post partum depression and it made me gain about 30 pounds. Now they want me to take more meds cause i have been getting worse and worse but im afraid ill keep gaining weight. i don't ever really get hungry but my doc has told me that the meds will put weight on me and i can't really do anything about it. i've tried not eating... ive tried eating a little and exercising a lot and nothing is helping me... plz somebody help... p.s.... ive tried to use cocoa butter for my stretch marks from having two kids but nothing seems to help best of luck

I was diagnosed bipolar in 2007, and have been on darn near every med possible since...I had doubled my size in less than 4 years going from a size 12 to nearly a 26...I know the meds made me have insatiable hunger, but the drs also said that with certain meds weight gain is basically guarnteed. I am on Latuda now which is suppose to make me gain weight but in the last month i have lost about 14 pounds...so i guess it is having the opposite effect on me in all ways since my symptoms arent under control either...

For stretch marks bio-oil works really well its pretty exspensive compared to palmers cocoa butter but it is worth it when you have to show some skin...

I was diagnosed bipolar in 2007, and have been on darn near every med possible since...I had doubled my size in less than 4 years going from a size 12 to nearly a 26...I know the meds made me have insatiable hunger, but the drs also said that with certain meds weight gain is basically guarnteed. I am on Latuda now which is suppose to make me gain weight but in the last month i have lost about 14 pounds...so i guess it is having the opposite effect on me in all ways since my symptoms arent under control either...

For stretch marks bio-oil works really well its pretty exspensive compared to palmers cocoa butter but it is worth it when you have to show some skin...

A long time ago I was on Zyprexa and it was murder. I was already on Depakote at the time, and that's a weight gain drug; with Zyprexa it was a double whammy. Now I'm on Lamictal which is weight neutral, but I also had been taking Abilify which is somewhat of a weight gain drug; not as extreme, so I ended up gaining weight within five years. My doc put me on Seroquel recently and I think I ballooned up even more. We're going back to the Abilify, because along with weight gain, Seroquel makes me depressed and anxious about everything. I never want to leave the house. The only anti psychotic I've heard about that is weight neutral is Geodon. Maybe ask your doctor about that.

Hi there,

A long time ago I was on Zyprexa and it was murder. I was already on Depakote at the time, and that's a weight gain drug; with Zyprexa it was a double whammy. Now I'm on Lamictal which is weight neutral, but I also had been taking Abilify which is somewhat of a weight gain drug; not as extreme, so I ended up gaining weight within five years. My doc put me on Seroquel recently and I think I ballooned up even more. We're going back to the Abilify, because along with weight gain, Seroquel makes me depressed and anxious about everything. I never want to leave the house. The only anti psychotic I've heard about that is weight neutral is Geodon. Maybe ask your doctor about that.

I hate being fat because of Bipolar meds. I was on zyprexa once and gained a lot of weight too. Later I got on Lamictal which thank God is weight neutral, but then I take Abilify for severe agitation and anxiety and because of that drug, within three years I gained all my weight back. Then I switched to Seroquel, big mistake, because I got even bigger for it. But sometimes I have to tell myself that it's better to be fat and somewhat sane than skinny and totally out of control. I used to be skinny, but my head was a mess.

Glad you got off zyprexa and are losing weight. Sorry to hear about the nausea; did you wean off it slowly? Maybe it's just withdrawal and will go away. I hope so for your sake!

I hate being fat because of Bipolar meds. I was on zyprexa once and gained a lot of weight too. Later I got on Lamictal which thank God is weight neutral, but then I take Abilify for severe agitation and anxiety and because of that drug, within three years I gained all my weight back. Then I switched to Seroquel, big mistake, because I got even bigger for it. But sometimes I have to tell myself that it's better to be fat and somewhat sane than skinny and totally out of control. I used to be skinny, but my head was a mess.

Glad you got off zyprexa and are losing weight. Sorry to hear about the nausea; did you wean off it slowly? Maybe it's just withdrawal and will go away. I hope so for your sake!

Hi, When I was put on Lithium I gained 37 lbs in 1 mos. time. Went from size 3 to size 8. I think the thing these meds do is slow down our metabilism or slow down the bi-polar mania in our brain so we burn less calories. Everybody that I have talked to has gained weight and before I started the meds I always had tons of nervous energy whether I was on a high or a low. I think that has a lot to do with it. The only med. that I know that helps bipolar and actually helps you lose weight is topomax, it is also used for migraine headaches. I have those a lot.

Hi, When I was put on Lithium I gained 37 lbs in 1 mos. time. Went from size 3 to size 8. I think the thing these meds do is slow down our metabilism or slow down the bi-polar mania in our brain so we burn less calories. Everybody that I have talked to has gained weight and before I started the meds I always had tons of nervous energy whether I was on a high or a low. I think that has a lot to do with it. The only med. that I know that helps bipolar and actually helps you lose weight is topomax, it is also used for migraine headaches. I have those a lot.

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